PETALING JAYA: The government has been urged to introduce harsher punishments for the possession of child pornography. A lecturer in criminology, P Sundramoorthy of Universiti Sains Malaysia, said a Klang magistrates’ court punishment on a trader for possession of child pornography did not fit the nature of the crime. The 39-year-old trader had pleaded guilty…

Sundramoorthy criticised Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail for saying that the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma), would remain as it is. Subsection 4(5) of Sosma enables police to detain a person suspected of being involved in terrorist activities for a period not exceeding 28 days, for investigations. However, many activists, including…

PETALING JAYA: In a move to prevent further erosion of public coffers, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim should order every ministry to submit recommendations on how it intends to fight corruption and leakage of government funds, said former Transparency International-Malaysia president Tan Sri Ramon Navaratnam. He added that each of the over 30 ministries should…

KUALA LUMPUR: A systematic and rational approach is needed to develop a clear understanding of repeat offenders and their recidivism rates, an expert said. Criminologist Datuk Dr P. Sundramoorthy from Universiti Sains Malaysia said it was critical that the concept of recidivism be redefined and factually operationalised to reduce the number of such offenders. “Transition…

SIBU, Sept 12: Despite numerous awareness campaigns by the relevant authorities, the number of people falling victim to online scams continues to swell. According to Malaysia Crime Prevention Foundation (MCPF) senior vice chairman, Datuk Seri Ayub Yaakob from January to July this year, the amount of losses from online scam was over RM500 mlm. “For…

KUALA LUMPUR – Yayasan Pencegahan Jenayah Malaysia (MCPF) bimbang dengan peningkatan kes penipuan jenayah siber secara mendadak sejak kebelakangan ini yang melibatkan orang ramai. Naib Pengerusi Kanan MCPF, Datuk Seri Ayub Yaakob berkata, dari segi statistik pihak polis, penipuan jenayah siber ini melibatkan jutaan ringgit. “Pada tahun 2019 jumlah kerugian yang dialami pengguna RM500 juta,…

A VARIETY of scams have been circulated over the last 30 days involving Malaysians firms and many individuals have fallen prey losing millions to banking-related phishing scams. These scams take place despite the police issuing an advisory warning the public of an increase in scams where scammers impersonate bank staff and target victims through phone…

PETALING JAYA:Malaysians have lost almost RM1.4 billion through commercial crimes from January to August this year, Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) director Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din (pix) told theSun. “The amount, RM1,389,329,194.49 in total, was chalked up through 21,089 cases. They involved crimes such as fraud, criminal breach of trust, unlicensed money lending,…